I had the 'Bocconcini Cheese, Tomato Basil, Olive, Olive Oil Grilled Panini Sandwich' with the 'Cheddar Cheese' add-on (cheddar cheese by request). It was the awesomest panini that I have ever had. Cafe Crepe has 5 locations all together, but this is my favourite because the food is always made just right. I went last night and it was better than ever before because of the cheddar cheese add-on which I recommend for this particular sandwich.

My two friends ordered the 'Chicken, Mozzarella Cheese, Tomato Grilled Cheese Panini' and the 'Chicken, Egg, Mayonnaise Savoury Crepe.' Although they loved their Chicken Crepe, they thought their Panini was just okay.

For dessert, we ordered the 'Nutella, Fresh Strawberry with hint of Cognac,' topped with Whipped Cream, which was a delightful treat.

We were very happy with our server, who actually was extra helpful by making our dessert Crepe look extra pretty because it was our friend's birthday. The only reason I didn't give him a 5 was because he messed up our bill. After we paid and were just chatting outside the door, he came and told us that we paid him less than we were suppose to. We showed him our receipt and he realized that he gave us the wrong bill. It was a small mistake, bu that did put a damper on our experience. Nonetheless, he did provide us with great service and we had great food, so it was worth it in the end.

It was a great way to start a Saturday Morning , My wife had the breakfast baguette with sausages scrambled eggs tomato basil and mushrooms I had the eggs Benny , we then shared a sugar butter crepe, or coffee cups were never empty for our whole breakfast with free refils, lovely atmosphere with nice jazzy music in the backround , smiling chefs when we walked in the door, nothing was trouble for our waitress she was super sweet and recommended some great things for us to do around the city , we were in vancouver for 5 days we got crepes to go on another evening and they were also superb , we both got dark chocolate and strawberry we both loved them , chefs at the window were sooo nice, we shall return.

Summary:
Waited 45 minutes for our food to come, food arrived cold, food arrived incorrect, indifferent and absent server.

Experience:
I used to go to this Cafe Crepe once a month with my boyfriend. We haven't gone for a long time since my boyfriend found out about his gluten allergy; we mostly eat at home.

This morning, however, we decided to go get some breakfast. Since he can't have any wheat items, we specified to our server for the multigrain toast to be put on a separate plate so I could have it. I also asked what the difference between their "Chai" and "Chai Latte" was. Good thing I asked too, as I do not do well with coffee. According to the server, Chai is just hot water and chai syrup; Chai Latte is chai syrup, hot milk, and a shot of espresso.

I used to work at Starbucks and although I did get the rare 'Chai Latte with a shot of espresso', it was not a standard drink. I ordered it, without the espresso shot.

We both ordered the two eggs with sausage and hash browns. We waited about 45 minutes for our food. And when the food finally came, they gave my boyfriend whole wheat toast on his plate. This was not multigrain on a separate plate. We were both annoyed as we ate our COLD food, keeping an eye out for the server to let her know their mistake. We finally flag her down and tell her, she says "I know, do you want me to tell the kitchen?". I was dumbfounded, why didn't she do anything to prevent this mistake if she knew? Anyway, she brought us the multigrain toast and asked if she could get me any jams or butter. I told her butter and she replies "the toast is already buttered". So I believe her and she leaves.

I don't know what their standard of buttering a toast is, but I was expecting something more than a pea-sized smear of butter in the centre of the toast. Obviously the kitchen was in a rush, or indifferent, or both.

So we walk up to the counter to pay our bill. My boyfriend tells a server that he has a debit card and she kept shrugging him off telling me to go to the bar to pay. We go to the bar and wait for our server...for 15 minutes. We were so close to just walking out. She came just before we decided to leave and said "3 people called in sick so it's really crazy" and handed us our bill. We did NOT tip. We barely wanted to pay for the disaster of a meal that ruined our morning.

Conclusion: New management is in order.
If they were so short-staffed, close the patio and focus on the in-diners. There were three servers with three busboys and two cooks for a 70-seat restaurant at 50% capacity. Cross-training, anyone?

My husband and I stopped at this location for a bite to eat and I am sad to say have nothing good to say about our experience.

Lukewarm greeting by hostess, table not set or welcoming, bare of any ambience whatsoever. I order the eggs benedict and my husband an omlete. After waiting for some 40 minutes we were presented with our meals. I knew immediately that mine was cold just by the presentation. The hollandaise sauce was cold, and I mean cold! the hash browns were cold and very greasy. The slice of skimpy ham was also cold as was the straight out of the package English muffin. I brought this to the attention of our server who was less than apologetic and in fact disagreed with me saying the hollandaise was not cold. He then brought me a side dish of hollandaise which again was cold. Unable to accept this lack of customer satisfaction I asked to see the manager who did come over to our table. I offered that he tray a spoon of the hollandaise which he declined to do, saying he "did not fancy hollandaise." He too brought me a new side of sauce and a new side of the hashbrowns but I am sorry to report neither presented any improvement.

Alas I insisted that my meal be taken off our bill which the manager agreed to do. My husband was less than happy with his meal as well but the whole experience did not warrant any more of our time and we left this establishment never to return and would certainly not recommend.

I've been here a couple of times over the past few weeks and this place is bumpin! The music rocks, everybody is having a good time, the drinks are cheap, and the service may take a bit longer than most places but that's because its so frickin' busy that it's to be expected, there are always servers around so I don't know what everybody's deal is. I love it here! I don't know whether its a bar or a restaurant but the drinks and food are equally as good.

Too bad some people ruin it for others, they have a door-guy now, as they should because there are so many drunk losers roaming the streets of Granville and Cafe Crepe is in the heart of it all.

I recommend this place to anybody who doesn't like to go to the club. It's perfect if you want to get some dinner then hang out for a while. If you want 5 star food/service go to the Keg. This is Granville street and Cafe Crepe is an average place that is satisfying to your taste buds and social life. Go there.....seriously.....just don't make the door guy mad!

I just recently dined at the Cafe Crepe beside the Commodore Ballroom. I was just out to lunch with a girlfriend to catch up. Unfortunately it was hard to catch up because we were basically seated so close to the people beside us that we could have sat on their laps! When we asked if we could sit in a booth our waitress very rudely told us they were for larger amounts of people. That's fine and I understand because I'm also a server but she could have been polite about it. Our food got slammed in our faces and she gave us our bill before we were even done eating! She didn't even ask if we wanted anything else! I got the death look when I asked for a bit more water and she also slammed that onto the table in front of us as well. Unfortunately for her, she didn't know we were both in the industry. Had she have even taken the time to ask how we were doing maybe she would have found out. Too bad. We tipped her just enough to cover her tipout because the kitchen deserves the tip. Unfortunate for her, we left her nothing. Perhaps she should consider a new career. The food is great but I'm not sure the experience is worth it.

We stopped here for a drink and a bite to eat before we went to a movie on Saturday night.
We started with a pint of Granville Island Winter ale and a coffee. The winter ale had a chocolaty/coffee taste, it was yummy and the coffee was awesome as usual!
I ordered a sweet Nutella banana crepe and my boyfriend had a savoury Ham and cheese crepe. Both crepes were tasty and delicious!
Our server was just the right amount of friendly, not fake or pretentious(hard to find downtown!). She gave us great prompt service with a smile.
We normally go to the Robson street cafe as the Granville one is usually super busy at night but we must have got there before the rush becasue it was just the right amount of people inside. We didnt have to wait to be seated but it was still lively.

After hearing how much better this place is in reference to the robson branch, i decided since i loved crepes to give it another try.

Well i can at least sit down and enjoy my food without feeling like my in a small box or hole. It is more spacious here. The service seemed more decent than robson but there is always an air of confusion as to whether food is going out to the right person, whether it was made or not or whether drinks are being made promptly (all these conversations you can clearly hear from the dining room).

Food prep area is staffed with people that looked like they don't know food safe. A girl was handling money on the take out window one moment and then when finished with the task, without washing her hands, went to make some hot drinks and plate food. (all this we observed as we waited to be seated)

One good thing is the hotdog, but better eat it fast or the microwaved bun will get hard when you bite into it. Once again i'll mention the chicken...is that really chicken meat you are using to fill those crepes or sandwiches, because it honestly doesn't look like or taste like chicken.

I'd only come back for the cheap burgers and fries...not for anything else....on second thought maybe i should skip eating in at all and take out instead!

I went to Cafe Crepe at Granville and Smithe last month and had a great time all-round, and I felt that some praise should be given to the staff at cafe Crepe at this location. From start to finish my experience was fun, fast, and competent. I noticed the staffing was much less than that of Cafe Crepe's other locations, but the staff seemed to be more than capable to handle the extra duties. Our particular server knew the menu back to front, and answered our many questions. And on top of all this...he was very good-looking (sorry, had to say it). Management seemed to have everything under control and working smoothly, as she was almost "omnipotent."
My only two complaints of the whole event if I had to think of something critically would be that my chicken burger bun was a tad cold. There was also some confusion about "waiting to be seated or not." I looked for a sign, but there was none. That's it.
I hope that everyone has a chance to visit this amazing location. It's definitely worth it!

Decent-to-average food at so-so prices. For what it was and what I paid for it, you'd think you'd get a little more. Portions were skimpy and they didn't use much of the ingredients on each item. At least the milkshakes are good.
Everything, I mean everything from entrees to a glass of water, takes forever. Is that trying to be authentically French? I don't know. For what it was, it should not have taken so long. It was irritating to sit at that table with nothing to eat or drink for about an hour.

It was decently good-looking on the inside, at least.